Where can I find good tutorials on mixing and mastering?

[YoungProdigy]

As for as music goes; I think I'm pretty confident in actually composing music. But I think where I'm lacking right now is my mixing and mastering skills. For example; in my compositions, some instruments may be too loud and some instruments might be too soft.

I've already searched Google; but I haven't really found too many good tutorials on mixing.

So are there any decent tutorials that cover mixing and mastering?

[timaeus222]

These are pretty useful IMO:

- full and maximized-potential partwriting for organic instruments

- mixing visually

I do my own "mastering", but honestly, I often don't need the mastering (read: finalizing) unless I really feel I need it for the sake of perfection (then I might consider someone like zircon or John Rodd). I only do parallel compression for EDM to get a glued result, or light compression to even things out. Otherwise, my finalizing is pretty minimal.

Also, maybe these posts or topics could help:

http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=983982&postcount=4 (Loudness)

http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=984013&postcount=9 (Headroom)

http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43377&highlight=mixing&page=5 (Topic: Compression for "Mastering") --- specifically, this post and this post are most helpful

And this is a great read in general:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct05/articles/gettingmastered.htm (Actual Mastering)

Edited March 6, 2015 by timaeus222

[Darangen]

Mastering is probably something you'll not end up doing, but mixing is a different story.

YouTube has a lot of good channels offering tips and tricks to get your mix sounding better, but honestly the best thing you can do is practice. There are good guidelines to follow, but in the end you have to go with what sounds right and not "this is a piano so I do this EQ and this compression".

That said, starting with understanding EQ and Compression is your best bet at a good start.

https://www.youtube.com/user/recordingrevolution has a good amount of information on various topics. Even if you don't like the sound he's getting, the information he gives about how things work is usually great.

[theshaggyfreak]

A lot of folks do master their own stuff these days out of necessity. While it's not the optimal thing to do, it can be done. I always suggest to people that they read Mastering Audio by Bob Katz. It's one of the best books out there on the subject: http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Audio-The-Art-Science/dp/0240808371

[YoungProdigy]

These are pretty useful IMO:

- full and maximized-potential partwriting for organic instruments

- mixing visually

I do my own "mastering", but honestly, I often don't need the mastering (read: finalizing) unless I really feel I need it for the sake of perfection (then I might consider someone like zircon or John Rodd). I only do parallel compression for EDM to get a glued result, or light compression to even things out. Otherwise, my finalizing is pretty minimal.

Also, maybe these posts or topics could help:

http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=983982&postcount=4 (Loudness)

http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=984013&postcount=9 (Headroom)

http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43377&highlight=mixing&page=5 (Topic: Compression for "Mastering") --- specifically, this post and this post are most helpful

And this is a great read in general:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct05/articles/gettingmastered.htm (Actual Mastering)

Thanks, I'll check out those links.